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Monday, August 19, 2013

Wake up, Grow up, and Stand up

Editor's Note: Whatever faith you subscribe to, ancient texts of all faith have within them, the earliest gems of human wisdom mankind has to offer. Whether, you believe or not, wisdom is wisdom and should always be considered as should all other gems life has to offer.- NewAmericaNow

- Those who are asleep to
the events transpiring around us are not physically, emotionally, or
spiritually prepared for what is coming. I know you are busy. The 9 to 5 grind is tough. Staying married
is tough. Raising kids is tough. Making a living in this economy is
tough. Sometimes life gets tough and sometimes bad stuff happens. When
it does we have to deal with it. Now is one of the times. If you keep
waiting for a moment of clarity before you shift gears and
take appropriate action, it is going to be too late to take meaningful
actions that you can feel good about. Let this post be your moment of
clarity.

- Your purchasing power is declining even if you have managed to keep a job and to get raises, and the pace is accelerating.

The currency you earn, get paid with, spend with, and save with
is changing dramatically. If you keep focusing solely on your job, your
mortgage or rent, protecting your retirement nest egg, and/or hanging in
their until your pension or social security kicks in, then one day soon
you are going to be standing in line hoping for hand-outs.

- Tyranny is at our doorstep.

For once, Conservatives, Liberals, and even Libertarians agree that the
Federal Government is out of control and is spying on its own citizens
on an unprecedented scale. The level of corruption and manipulation in
DC has reached ridiculous levels where they have stopped even pretending
to be honest and are openly demonizing those who tell the truth about
their illegal actions. The truth of the matter is that our banking
system and our current government are headed for collapse. The levers
of power (media, military, money printing) are in the hands of wicked
people who have sought them out and who are intent on abusing that
power. The bankers admit that their goal is to implement a new world
order with a global currency and a global transaction tax. The military
industrial complex is now running the government of the US and has the
power to identify, incarcerate, and kill anyone who they think is a
meaningful threat to their plans.

Violent transformation of our society is what they have planned for our immediate future.

They are buying ammo in massive quantities to use against us. They are
conditioning our police to shoot pregnant mothers who refuse to be
disarmed. They are militarizing our local police with tanks and
preparing them for a currency collapse type event (that either they know
is coming or are orchestrating themselves in order to facilitate the
radical transformation of our society that they are seeking). Don’t
waste any more time denying it. You know its true. And if you aren’t
sure its true, then take a day off and research it yourself so you can
deal with your doubt and move on. It’s time to wake up.

GROW UPPeople have various ways of dealing with information that is
unwelcome. Some will simply discard the information and get back to the 9
to 5 grind because that is what they know, it’s familiar. Others will
throw labels up as a defense so they don’t have to honestly
evaluate information: conspiracy theorist, anti-government domestic
terrorist rant, tinfoil hat wearing adolescent sitting in his underwear
in his momma’s basement, etc.. But most, MOST people will simply cling
to platitudes wrapped in terminology of faith as if their words will
shield them from undesirable information and outcomes.

Platitudes as reality and conflict avoidance

Just have faith, keep on keeping on, focus on the good, I will not get
distracted from the gospel, I will not give in to fear, etc…

History is full of examples of well intentioned people that relied
on these tactics in the face of overwhelming evidence that the enemy was
at the gates. The result? Their conflict avoidance techniques failed
miserably. All eventually had to choose sides. Some traded in their
morals for favored treatment. They became informants or went to work for
the government that was doing horrible things to their neighbors. By
choosing to focus on their paycheck while the crisis was developing they
had set their priority, paycheck first.

When the moment of truth
arrived, they were consistent with their prior choice: paycheck above
truth and above moral duty. Others, in a moment of clarity, chose the
moral path and accepted the adverseconsequences becoming victims or
refugees in the conflict. Many died in internment camps or during their
exodus. Some made it to new lands where they slowly built a new life,
but they no longer hid their fears behind platitudes. They became the
ever watchful seeking to avoid a repeat performance of being in the
wrong place at the wrong time.

“The prudent see danger and take refuge, the foolish keep going and suffer for it.” Prov 22:3

Balanced View of Faith and Works

You believe that God provides, yet you work. You believe that God
protects, yet you probably lock your doors. Prudent actions do not imply
a lack of faith. On the contrary, acting prudently is merely an
expression of faithfulness. Some forces in our modern culture are trying
to redefine Christianity. Groups like the hyper-grace
movement say that lifestyle, actions, and choices don’t matter. Only
our faith, our beliefs, and attitudes matter. They have a right to
believe what they want, but they shouldn’t call it Christianity and they
shouldn’t expect to be immune from the consequences of their lifestyle
choices. We are called to believe in Jesus AND to follow Him. The
great commission explicitly includes “teaching them to obey everything I have commended you.” (Matt 28:20).

Instead of feebly clinging to words that we think will shield us from
life’s circumstances and the consequences of our choices, we should
grow up and embrace a biblical worldview that includes responsibility.
Faith matters. Choices matter. Consequences happen.

Your family is your responsibility

Its quite possible that when trouble hits, no one will be coming to help you. If you see danger, you should take refuge. 1 Tim 5:8
says ”Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially
for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever.”

That’s a grow up kind of statement. Is your ability to provide for
your relatives dependent on other people and supply lines beyond your
control? Are those people and supply lines dependable? What would
happen to your supply lines in a currency collapse or after a prolonged
electrical outage (which could be caused by EMP, solar flare, or
terrorist attack)? What would happen if your area began to persecute
Christians and decided not to employ Christians or sell them food or
energy?

1 Thes 4:11 -12 ”Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”

Pauls’ advice (to the persecuted church where the supply lines might
get cut) was to not be dependent. If you have a back yard and a
suitable climate then grow some food staples that can sustain you. If
you don’t have the ability to do that where you live (and you want to
avoid being worse than an unbeliever) then you might want to consider
moving. I know it sounds harsh but that’s only because common sense has
been replaced by our conditioned acceptance of completely unnatural
conditions. We think that certain verses don’t apply to us because we
live in a city or because our fancy (and fragile) economy has an
advanced division of labor. Society’s cultural drift (moral,
economic, and agricultural) does nothing to nullify the counsel of the
world of God. It remains unwise to remain uninvolved with making our own
food.

Consider King Solomon who at the time was the richest man that had
ever lived, counseled his son to stay hands-on involved in food
production because sometimes stuff happens. Stuff like currency collapse
and violent political upheaval.

Proverbs 27: 23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; 24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

“Because someone told me to” is (still) not a valid reason to do something

When we were kids, we all at one time or another, heard our parents go
on and on about the inanity of our defense that was based on because
someone told me to. Our parents were right and we knew it. They taught
us that we alone have the power to judge whether an instruction is right
and to be followed. Then we grew up and decided that we could outsource
all serious decisions to the government.The result is that our tax
dollars are being used for things we would never want to fund
like forced sterilization of the women of other nations and the deposing of democratically elected governments around
the world. Our precious children are playing parts in video game type
wars where they kill the precious children of other parents using remote
controlled drones. And we say, thank you for your service to our
country.

No, this is not an easy conversation. I understand that. No one
wants to be a monster that kills children, except abortion doctors I
guess. I wonder how they justify their actions? Probably something like,
well the mother told me to do it…

Christians sometimes wrap their moral cowardice in spiritual
language about submitting to governing authorities, being subject to
every human institution, etc.

I don’t deny that there are verses that say we should submit to
governing authorities and to institutions of men. But the bible doesn’t
make those “above all else” statements.

The bible doesn’t say:
- ”Submit to the government for this is the sum of the law and the prophets.”

- ”Submission to government is the fulfillment of the law.”

But the bible does say:

- ”So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Matt 7:12

- “Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Romans 13:10

These are clearly above all else kind ofstatements. It
is implied that when you have to choose between obeying your government
and loving your neighbor, you are supposed to choose to love your
neighbor.

The apostles clearly understood this “secret” teaching as they demonstrated by their interaction with governing authorities.

- “But Peter and John answered them, Whether it is right in the
sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge” Acts 4:19

- “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!” Acts 5:29

Growing up requires us to take back our moral discernment and to
courageously take a fresh look at subjects that may reveal our own
guilty of complicity in the willful sins of others.

“The establishment will tell the people that the principles they
used to hold so dear are actually weaknesses that make them vulnerable
to the enemy. In order to defeat an enemy so monstrous, they claim, we
must become monstrous ourselves. We must be willing to do ANYTHING, no
matter how vile or contrary to natural law, in order to win.Honesty
must be replaced with deceit. Dissent must be replaced with silence.
Peace must be replaced with violence. The independent should be treated
with suspicion. The outspoken treated with contempt. Women and
children are no longer people to be protected, but targets to be
eliminated. The innocent dead become collateral damage. The innocent
living become informants to be tortured and exploited. Good men are
labeled cowards because they refuse to “do what needs to be done,”
while evil men are labeled heroes for having the “strength of will” to
abandon their conscience.Thus, the criminal leadership makes once
honorable citizens accomplices in the crime.”

As people awaken they seek ways to impact the big
picture. We have had tea parties, letter writing campaigns, marches on
DC, get out the vote campaigns and the government yawned at us.

When a man built a successful barter network that was facilitated by
silver bullion, the government sprang into action and he is now in jail.

When Louisiana began to develop a local economy based on the sale of
second hand goods, cash transactions for second hand goods were made
illegal.

When stand your ground laws were passed in local communities, a
nationwide presstitute orgy and federal inquiry thrust a single useful
case into the national spotlight for months.

When social media became a tool for awakening one’s neighbors, the NSA
scandal was leaked so as to intimidate people from awakening their
neighbors.

When amish communities began to experience record growth, funding was
swiftly allocated for reality shows bashing the amish like “breaking
amish” and “amish mafia”

When savvy consumers began to choose health giving raw milk over
sterilized mass produced hormone injected milk, the regulators worked
overtime to shut down the raw milk dairies.

When direct to consumer local organic farms began serving food to their local communities, the feds were called in.

The nefarious elite appear to fear and loath back to the farm
movements, states rights and local communities that stand in solidarity
against federal out of control policies, house churches, home canning
(pressure cookers), foragers, libertarians, those who oppose the new
world order, and yes Christians who believe the biblical account of
the end times narrative.

Part of growing up is shifting from time wasting activities to
productive ones. If the corrupt and evil bent government doesn’t
consider it worth opposing, then it probably isn’t worth doing. That
which they oppose, they apparently fear. How nice of them to help us
identify which tactics are worthwhile.

STAND UP
We all long for a battle to fight. So the power brokers give us
football and dancing with the stars. We all want to feel like we are
helping get the country back on the right track, so they let us vote for
candidates they pick.

Don’t lend your credibility to hand picked stooges that can’t wait to break their electoral promises to you.
Don’t stand up for Chris Christie who just signed gun control legislation.

Don’t stand up for Rand Paul who turned his back on his dad during the campaign and who wants to balance the budget by never.

Don’t stand up for Marco Rubio who wants to legalize illegal immigrants before the democrats do.
Don’t stand up for Jeb Bush who is the son of a son of an admitted new world order stooge.

Stand up for principles and for truth. Stand up for your neighbors
and with your community. To do so you will have to truly love your
neighbor as yourself and that will mean re-evaluating your assumptions
on some touchy topics.

Do you want the government kicking in your door to see what supplies
you have on hand? No? Then don’t support militarization of police even
when conducted under the guise of being tough on drugs. Stand up with
your neighbors right to privacy and due process. If your drug dealing
neighbor doesn’t have rights to privacy and due process, then neither do
you.

Do you want the government telling you which seeds and breeds you are allowed to use in your garden? No? Then don’t support the criminalization of what God put on the Earth.
Stand up for marijuana legalization (nope, I don’t use it, never
have) and for heritage breed farmers. If your neighbor can’t grow
whatever plants he wants for his own use, then neither can you.

Do you want the government telling you what gun you can have and how
you must store it? No? Then don’t support gun registration or limits for
the mentally labeled. If those the government considers mentally
unstable don’t have a right to self defense, then neither do you.

Do you want the government taking your kids out of your custody
because you refuse to vaccinate them or to tell them that homosexuality
is ok? No? Then don’t support the UN rights of the child and don’t
support the various child taking agencies in your area. Instead, stand
with the parents and affirm their rights to raise their kids as they see
fit. If others don’t have a right to educate and make healthy
decisions for their kids, then neither do you.

I can draw no other conclusion than Obamacare is state
sponsored child slavery. Under Obamacare, virtually every aspect of
parenting is criminalized. Any child can be considered to have a
disability for which the state is the only legitimate treatment source.
Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show

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